China open-source AI usage hits record high as DeepSeek leads

DIGITIMESAugust 27, 2026en

China's open-weight AI models have surged in usage and have now overtaken proprietary models for the first time. South China Morning Post (SCMP), citing data from US web development platform Vercel, reported that on August 25, Chinese open-weight AI models accounted for 54% of total token usage across its own calls and the agent layer AI Gateway, surpassing proprietary models for the first time.

This is a short summary published by AI Global Wire. The full article is owned and hosted by DIGITIMES — open it there to read it in full.

• DeepSeek
• Agenter